ROLL,
ROLL, JAY
ROLL, JAY WALLACE INTRODUCES US TO THE ONE AND ONLY, BUDDY
HOLLY.
HOLLY.
HOLLY. >>
HOLLY. >> EVEN HAS THEIR OWN +@
DEFINITION FOR WHAT ROCK AND
ROLL MEANS.
ROLL MEANS. THE OR GYPS AND INFLUENCES ARE
WIDESPREAD AND DISTINCTIVE.
I WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT A
+@ MUSICIAN WHO HAS TEXAS ROOTS
AND CHANGED THE WAY ROCK MUSIC
WAS WRITTEN AND +@PERFORMED
FOREVER.
FOREVER.
FOREVER. I'M TALKING ABOUT CHARLES
HARDEN HOLLY.
HARDEN HOLLY. OR MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS BUDDY
HOLLY.
HOLLY.
HOLLY. [MUSIC]
[MUSIC]
[MUSIC] HIS MUSIC MASS A SIGNATURE
SOUND INFLUENCED MUSIC FOR
DECADES SINCE HIS CAREER BEGAN.
YOU WILL HEAR STYLES INFLUENCED
BY HOLLY THROUGHO+@UT THIS
LESSON.
LESSON.
LESSON. LET'S START FROM THE BEGINNING.
BUDDY HOLLY WAS BORN IN 1936 IN
LUBBOCK, TEXAS, ONE OF FOUR
CHILDREN IN THE HOUSING HE
+@
CHILDREN IN THE HOUSING HE EARNED THE NICKNAME BUDDY AND
SURROUNDED BY FAMILY MEMBER
WHOSE SANG OR +@PLAYED AN
INSTRUMENT.
INSTRUMENT. EARLY IN LIVE BUDDY DID, TOO,
ONLY AT FIVE HE ENTERED A
TALENT SHOW ALONG WITH BROTHERS
PLAYING THE VIOLIN OR WANTING
TO.
TO.
TO. +@
TO. HE
TO. HE COULDN'T ACTUALLY PLAY SO
HIS BROTHERS GRIEFED THE
STRINGS SO IT WOULDN'T MAKE A
SOUND.
SOUND.
SOUND. HIS BROTHERS WON THE CONTEST
AND WON $5.
HE SWITCHED TO GUITAR AND FOUND
HIS GROOVE.
HIS GROOVE. HOLLYWOOD WOULD CREATE MUSICAL
GROUPS, LIVE GIGS IN LUBBOCK.
HE WAS INFLUENCED BY COUNTRY
AND WESTERN BUT STARTED TO
BLEND INTO RB INTO HIS OWN
MUSIC.
MUSIC.
MUSIC. AFTER GRADUATING FROM LUBBOCK
HIGH SCHOOL, HOLLY DECIDED TO
MAKE MUSIC HIS CAREER.
A INFLUENCE WAS SEEING ELVIS
PRESLEY PERFORM LIVE IN LUBBOCK
WHO HE OPENED FOR THREE
SEPARATE TIMES IN THE SAME
+@ YEAR.
YEAR.
YEAR. HIS
YEAR. HIS STYLE CONTINUED TO MAKE THE
TRANSITION FROM COUNTRY TO MORE
LIKE PRESS PRESLEY'S ROC+@K AND
ROLL.
ROLL.
ROLL. THE
ROLL. THE WAY THE REST OF HIS FAMILY
SPELLS THEIR LAST NAME IS
HOLLEY.
HOLLEY.
HOLLEY. THE REASON HE LOST THE E WASN'T
HIS DOING.
HIS DOING. WHEN A RECORD PRODUCER SIGNED
HIM, THE LAST NAME ON THE
DOTTED LINE WAS HOLLY.
AN ACCIDENTAL MISSPELLIN+@G GAV
US BUDDY HOLLY WITH NO-E-
HOLLY TOOK ON THE ROLL AS LEAD
GUITARIST WITH HIS BAND.
CRICKETS INFLUENCED BY OTHER
GROUPS NAMED AFTER BIRDS.
THESE MUSICIANS RELEASED THAT
WILL BE THE DAY MAY 27th, 1957.
WHICH PEAKED AT NUMBER THREE ON
THE BILLBOARD TOP 1+@00 CHART,
THAT SEPTEMBER.
THAT SEPTEMBER. REMAINS ONE OF THE TOP ROCK AND
ROLL SONGS OF THE 1950s.
LET'S GO BACK TO THEIR NAME,
THE CRICKETS.
THE CRICKETS. IT MIGHT REMIND YOU OF ANOTHER
BAND NAME FROM THIS ERA.
THE GROUP KNOWN AS THE QUARRY
MEN, JOHNNY AND THE MOON DOGS
+@
MEN, JOHNNY AND THE MOON DOGS HAD SHORT-TERM BASIS STUART
+@SHUTCLIFF SUGGEST TO NAME THE
GROUP AFTER BUDDY HOLLY'S GROUP
AND CHANGE THEIR NAME TO THE
BEETLES.
BEETLES.
BEETLES. HOLLY'S CAREER STARTED TO TAKE
OFF.
OFF.
OFF. THAT
OFF. THAT WILL BE THE DAY TOPPED THE
CHART IN SEPTEMBER OF 1957.
THEY RELEASED PEGGY +@SUE WHICH
CHART IN SEPTEMBER OF 1957. THEY RELEASED PEGGY +@SUE WHICH@
ALSO MADE TO IT THE TOP THREE
OF THE BILLBOARDS POP CHART.
THAT DESKS THEY PERFORMED ON
THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW, A VARIETY
SHOW WHERE COUNTLESS UP AND
COMING MUSICIANS AND BANDS
SHOWED UP ON BEFORE GOING ON TO
FIND FAME.
THESE
THESE FOUR STARTED IN 1958, JOINING AMERICA'S GAITEST
TEENAGE RECORDING STARS TOUR.
THE GROUP TRAVELED TO HAWAII,
AUSTRALIA AND THE UNITED
KINGDOM WITHIN THE FIRST COUPLE
OF MONTHS OF THE YEAR.
LATER IN 1958, HOLLY MET MARIA
SANTIAGO.
SANTIAGO.
SANTIAGO. HOLLY ASKED HER TO MARRY HIM.
ON AUGUST 15th, 1958.
THEY WERE MARRIED.
LATER THATEES HOLLY SPLIT FROM
HIS MANAGER AND CURRENT BAND
MEMBERS TO+@ FORM A NEW GROUP A
RICHIE VAILENS AND THE BIG
BOPPER JP RICHARDSON, HE
CHARTERED A FOUR SEATED
AIRPLANE FROM IOWA TO MINNESOTA
AS A PART OF THE WINTER DANCE
PARTY TOUR.
PARTY TOUR. AFTER TAKING OFF, THE PLANE
CRASHED TAKING THE LIVES OF
THESE THREE MUSICIANS AND
MAKING FEBRUARY 3rd, 1959,
UNIVERSALLY KNOWN AS THE DA+@Y
THE MUSIC DIED.
LIVING+@ UNTIL HE WAS 22 YEARS
OLD, HOLLY'S CAREER ONLY LASTED
500 DAYS.
500 DAYS.
500 DAYS. THERE ARE ONLY A HANDFUL OF
VIDEOS YOU CAN FIND OF HIM
PERFORMING.
PERFORMING. +@ THE DEMAND FOR MUSIC ALLOWED
FOR ALBUMS AND SINGLES TO BE
RELEASED FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS.
COUNTLESS ARTISTS POINTED TO
HOLL+@Y FOR INSPIRATION INCLUDI
HOLL+@Y FOR INSPIRATION INCLUDI@ A 17 YEAR OLD BOB DILLAN.
HE SAW HOLLY PERFORM TWO NIGHTS
BEFORE HIS DEATH.
DILLAN REFERENCED HIM WHEN
ACCEPTING THE NOBLE PEACE PRIZE
IN LITERATURE IN 2016.
NEARLY 30 YEARS AFTER HIS
DEATH, HOLLY WAS HONORED BY
BEING A PART OF THE FIRST CLASS
IN THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF
FAME.
FAME.
FAME. WITH MUSEUM LEADERS CALLING HIM
AN INNOVATOR AND SOMEONE WHO
MADE A MAJOR AND LASTING IMPACT
ON POPULAR MUSIC IN THE SAME
YEAR THE +@SONG WR+@ITERS HALL
FAME INDUCTED HOLLY SAYING HE
CHANGED THE FACE OF ROCK AND
ROLL.
ROLL.
ROLL. LUBBOCK FOUND +@MANY WAYS TO
HONOR HOMETOWN CELEBRITY
+@ INCLUDING TH+@E BUDDY HOLLY
CENTER.
CENTER.
CENTER. TEN YEARS AGO, HOLLY'S WIFE
HELPED ESTABLISH THE BUDDY
HOLLY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
HELPING SUPPORT WRITERS AND
MUSICIANS AND THE COUNTRY AND
WORLD WITH AMBASSADORS SUCH AS
Mc JAGGER, DOLLY PARDON AND ED
SHEERAN, THE MAIN +@GOAL IS TO
EMPOWER ARTISTS TO THINK BIG,
THINK BOLD AND TO THINK
DIFFERENTLY.
DIFFERENTLY. A LIFE CUT TOO SHORT BUT A LIVE
WORTH REMEMBERING.
WORTH REMEMBERING. THERE WAS MUSIC AT THE
BEGINNING AND RIGHT +@UP TO THE
END.
END.
END. IT'S
END. IT'S NOW BEEN 60 YEARS SINCE
HOLLY PASSED AWAY.
I WOULD LIKE YOU TO HEAR FROM
PEOPLE THAT KNOW HIS MUSIC.
>> I THINK THE TWO PRIMAL
FORCES IN THE 5S AT THAT TIME
IN THE MID 50s WERE ELVIS AND
BUDDY HOLLY.
BUDDY HOLLY. >> HE WAS A VERY PROUD TEXAN, A
LONE STAR STATE, HE WAS A TALL
TEXAN, VERY BEAUTIFUL GUY,
BEAUTIFUL GUY.
BEAUTIFUL GUY. >> SUCH A GLITTERING AND
TRAGICALLY SHORT CAREER.
HE CHANGED THE